India, Sept. 18 -- Militants detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a mosque during Friday prayers and stormed nearby police facilities in Kohat district of northwest Pakistan, killing at least 21 people, mostly policemen, and wounding over 100 others, officials said.

The blast occurred at the mosque located near the old Police Lines in Kohat, around 60 kilometres southwest of Peshawar, in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Kohat Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Tahir Shah said at least 21 people, including 15 policemen, were killed and 103 others injured in the explosions. Of the injured, 73 are policemen and 30 civilians, he added.

Among those killed was Dr Israel Khan Orakzai, Chief District Specialist at Liaquat Memorial...